'Individualize' definitions:
Definition of 'individualize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make or mark or treat as individual; "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone" [syn: individualize, individualise]
verb
Make personal or more personal; "personalized service" [syn: personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise] [ant: depersonalise, depersonalize, objectify]
Definition of 'Individualize'
From: GCIDE
- Individualize \In`di*vid"u*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Individualized; p. pr. & vb. n. Individualizing.] [Cf. F. individualiser.] To mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality; to give distinctive character to; to make distinctive; to enable differentiation from others of similar type; -- of properties of things. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- The peculiarities which individualize and distinguish the humor of Addison. --N. Drake. [1913 Webster]
- 2. to render (a product or service) suitable to each individual person by varying to some degree its characteristics; to personalize.
- Syn: personalize, individualize, make personal, make more personal. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. To consider individually; to mention each individual. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'individualize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- analyze,
- anatomize,
- atomize,
- change,
- chop logic,
- descend to particulars,
- desynonymize,
- detail,
- difference,
- differentiate,
- discriminate,
- disequalize,
- disjoin,
- distinguish,
- diversify,
- divide,
- individuate,
- itemize,
- make a distinction,
- mark,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- modify,
- particularize,
- peculiarize,
- personalize,
- precise,
- quality,
- refine a distinction,
- segregate,
- separate,
- set apart,
- set off,
- sever,
- severalize,
- signalize,
- specialize,
- spell out,
- split hairs,
- vary
Words containing 'Individualize'
- Individual,
- Individualism,
- Individualities,
- Individuality,
- Individualization,
- Individualized,
- Individualizer,
- Individualizing,
- Individually,
- Individuate,
- Individuated,
- Individuating,
- Individuation,
- Individuator,
- Individuity,
- on an individual basis,
- rugged individualism,
- individual retirement account